Please provide some do's and don'ts on dealing with hordeolum.

Ignore: Eat oily fish/or take fish oil. Make it a habit of warm eyelid compresses/hygiene/massage.

Ignore: Apply warmth to stye throughout the day, clean eyelids and lashes. Don't attempt to pop the stye.

Ignore: Warm compresses can drain a hordeolum.

Do: Do go see an eye doctor if your stye does not respond to conservative treatment.

Use: Use baby shampoo to scrub the eyelid near the stye to dislodge any dirt/debris.

Ignore: Always use warm compresses for at least five minutes or longer (reheat when it cools down).

Ignore: Apply a hot compress to the eye for 10 to 15 minutes, 4 to 6 times a day.

Warm: Warm compresses to the eyelid for 10 minutes 6 times a day. Keep eye closed when applying compress.

Ignore: Best first treatment for a stye is hot compresses. Best second treatment for stye is hot compresses.

Ignore: Treat early stye with very warm soaks 4-5 minutes per time and 4-5 times per day. No antibiotics.

Apply: Apply an ice pack intermittently to the stye on your eye to control pain, swelling and itch.

Ignore: Keep lids clean, warm compresses on hordeolum to express the stye, antibiotic ointment to lids.

Ignore: Do not wait for your next regular eye exam. Start warm compresses and make an appointment.